From North West PA-Same-sex couples will be able to have their unions blessed in the Episcopal Diocese of Northwestern Pennsylvania.
The Right Rev. Sean Rowe, bishop of the Erie-based 13-county diocese, announced Thursday that he will allow clergy to conduct the blessings.
However, priests and congregations won't be forced to offer it. Churches that want to use the trial liturgical rite, which was approved by the Episcopal Church's General Convention in July, will go through a process of study, reflection and conversation before receiving permission from the bishop.
"I support blessing same-sex unions, but some of my faithful fellow Episcopalians do not," Rowe said in a statement. "The Episcopal Church in northwestern Pennsylvania is a place where people of good conscience can disagree charitably about such matters. We respect and love each other, and we are united in the hope and healing of Jesus Christ."
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http://www.goerie.com/article/20121214/NEWS02/312139868/Erie-based-Episcopal-diocese-to-allow-blessing-of-same-sex-unions
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